Ammon News - During the Cold War, the US established the International Police Academy (IPA) in Washington (1963) under USAID and its Office of Public Safety (OPS, created in 1962) to train police from developing nations as a cost-effective "first line of defense" against Soviet influence.

The first Iraqi batch graduated in February 1964, immediately after Qasim's fall, including officers Sabih Dawood Salman Ameen Al-Samaraee (Sabih D. Al-Samaraee) and Abdul Mawjood Abdul Latif—the latter with strong counterinsurgency credentials.

This cohort formed a training nucleus that lasted decades. Sabih's legacy continued through his son, Muayad S. Dawood Al-Samaraee, who shifted the family from security work to global technological innovation.

Muayad founded Jordan Aircraft Industries (JAI) under royal patronage, led the development of the world's first vertical-takeoff submersible aircraft, holds multiple US patents, and recently pioneered the "Al-Samaraee Protocol"—an AI framework driven by a "Triangulation" engine integrating geological, biological, and computational sciences.

Thus, the Al-Samaraee name encapsulates Iraq's journey from Cold War geopolitics to 21st-century innovation.